Commercial TSCM training is in demand. The Verrimus TSCM Training Facility has long maintained its reputation as a highly specialised, covert training environment, delivering advanced Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) instruction exclusively to government, military and police teams. That remains unchanged. However, we recognise that the commercial sector increasingly faces sophisticated technical surveillance threats, and…
What is a Bug Sweep? Understanding the Threat of Covert Surveillance In an era where surveillance technology is widely accessible and increasingly discreet, the risk of being secretly monitored is very real. Whether in your home, vehicle, or workplace, the threat posed by bugging devices—also known as covert listening devices—is greater than ever. These hidden…
Verrimus and Cautus: Collaborative TSCM Service provision. In the rapidly changing world of Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures (TSCM), success is built on expertise, innovation, and collaboration. With this in mind, Verrimus, a globally acclaimed leader in TSCM services, has proudly announced a professional partnership with Cautus. Cautus are a newly established Belgian firm already making waves…
Our bespoke TSCM training is tailored in consultation with the end users to ensure we meet their training needs analysis. As you are aware, Verrimus only provide Operational TSCM Training to government, military and police clients. It may surprise you that not all of those clients are ‘sweep teams’ or TSCM teams. We have been…
We receive many enquiries which begin with “help, I think I’ve been bugged!”. Our operational TSCM specialists always begin by asking, “what leads you to believe that you have been bugged?”. This isn’t a dismissal of the belief, we know that bugging (technical surveillance) happens. After all, this is what our business deals with! When…
Gavin Saul, Government and Technical Director at Verrimus, makes it clear that ‘bug sweep’ or TSCM (Technical Surveillance Counter Measures) training is far more sophisticated than what many might imagine when they hear the term “bug sweeps.” “It has nothing to do with chimney sweeps,” Saul quips, emphasizing that the term covers a broad range…
Bug sweeping is a common term for TSCM. It is the application of a TSCM (technical surveillance counter measures) survey or inspection. It involves ensuring an area is free from technical surveillance that compromises privacy. It’s nothing like the Hollywood depictions of sweeping! It’s a service which requires specialist measurement equipment and a trained and…
A TSCM inspection requires TWO essential components; Remember, TSCM equipment doesn’t have an opinion! The equipment measures a threat domain parameters, and then displays the findings and measurements. To be able to; 1. detect, identify and pinpoint locate a technical surveillance attack, or 2. a historic signal of a technical surveillance attack, or 3. a…
Technical surveillance threat methods emerge, develop, change and adapt swiftly. An ‘intelligence gathering device’ which can melt into a puddle when it has concluded it’s mission? Whilst this may seem to be in the realms of science fiction still, it wasn’t quite so long ago that many, now commonplace, technical surveillance methods were also regarded…
High school students here have figured out the mechanisms of a medieval eavesdropping technology that was among the most important tools for ninja on espionage missions. The primary mission of ninja, also called “shinobi” (the stealthy), was to gather intelligence for their lords, often using a metal plate called “saoto-kikigane,” which literally means “metalwork for listening…